December 9th, 2009

In which we use an AI to analyze my writing.
I went to genderanalyzer.com and typed in my URL and clicked the Analyze button and waited patiently. It said, “We think http://goblinbox.com is written by a woman (67%).”
Only sixty-seven percent?
Hmm.

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December 8th, 2009

In which I think “artisanal” is a wholly silly word.
Once upon a time, everybody made their own breads and cheeses (or at least personally knew the person who made the breads and cheeses they ate), and I imagine these products were earthy and rustic and “artisanal” and at least edible if not actually delicious. Yay.
Then [...]

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August 24th, 2009

In which there are two lists. And pictures. And a lot of colons. I love using colons.
These are the things I DID NOT do over the weekend:
Get laid, get wasted, have an epiphany, knit, buy a bike, eat Mexican food, do yoga.
These are the things I DID do over the weekend:
Friday, I went [...]

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August 14th, 2009

In which I write a timecapsule missive to my younger self.
Hey, dingbat, remember when you were twenty-something and you saw that disgusting old man in his driveway caring lovingly for his hot little convertable, and you wondered how he could possibly be unaware of how painfully stupid he looked?
Remember how you assumed he had to [...]

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August 7th, 2009

In which it’s a process.
Not everything has been moved nor is it all working yet. Patience, my babies. *smooch*

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August 4th, 2009

In which this site is moving.
There’s a server co-located in a data center somewhere in California, and it’s been acting weird.
Every bit of hardware in it has been replaced except for the hard drive itself, and it still hangs and needs to be rebooted at least once a day.
That server is the server goblinbox.com [...]

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July 27th, 2009

In which I gig and consume media.
Friday night I waited for nearly an hour for my bro to finish an instance in WoW, then we went to Rosita’s for dinner. Mmm, chile rellenos!
I went to bed early Friday night because I was tired from going out Wednesday and Thursday.
Saturday I woke up at nine. It [...]

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July 24th, 2009

In which the sci-fi I’m reading totally fucking sucks, but I was lying in bed trying to watch a vid the other day and got irritated with the fact that I had to have my head upright in order to feel comfortable.
Being a creature from the bottom of a gravity well means that in order [...]

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June 11th, 2009

In which it’s all good news.
Okay, so obviously none of you read, care about software, or have an iThing, so you were not in the least interested in the last post. (At least Shenry was kind enough to comment anyway.) But guess what? I have something interesting to share!
I’ve been asked to write an article [...]

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June 5th, 2009

Then I discovered Stanza. I installed it (for free, because I’d already purchased BookShelf), and… Wow! What an awesome application!

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June 1st, 2009

Today I am getting unreasonably irritated with my customers when they say dumb stuff, which leads me to mention that my vacation is at T -25 and counting.

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May 29th, 2009

They took her temperature (totally normal) and interviewed me about her behavior (she’s eating and drinking and eliminating) and poked and prodded her tummy (no pain response) and said she’s fine. If she pukes I’m supposed to bring her in for X-rays, but other than that she’s in fine shape for an old girl.

Continue reading about The Dog’s Fine, But I’m a Freak